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All-Russian Voluntary organization
Russian Mountaineering Federation
(RMF)


Location: Moscow, Russia


The main goals:
- the coordination of the activity of regional departments and development of the mountaineering for the aim of it's popularization
- holding the All Russia Mountaineering Championships
- participation in the holding of the expeditions
- holding educational-training mountaineering camps
- participation of the sportsmen in the different competitions, including International
- holding and help in providing the education of the mountaineering coaches and guides

RMF consists of Regional Departments. The leading organ of Regional Department of RMF is the Meeting of all its members, holding not rarely than onse per year.

The leading organ of the RMF is the delegates Conference, holding not rarely than once per two years.
The Conference defines the main directions of activity, confirms the working plans, elects the President of RMF for 4 years.

The President of RMF is Andrew Volkov, who was elected in December, 2003

On December, 6, at report-back election conference of federation of mountaneering of Russia, the new president has unanimously been chosen. The climber of faultless reputation, the scientific, skilled head. It at all did not need to state the program, the climbing public has completely trusted in Andrey Evgenevichu Volkovu. The new president was born in July, 1960 in Arkhangelsk. The Moscow Engineering-physical Institute, specialization - has finished atomic power stations. Long time of veins also worked in city Tolyatti.

Last years a place of its work was the International Academy of Business and the Banking where it was the rector. Dr.Sci.Tech. Some time has moved to Moscow, having received the invitation to hold a high post of the pro-rector of Academy of national economy at the Government of the Russian Federation the Master of sports of the international class back. « The snow leopard » is engaged in mountaneering since 1980: in its active of 10 ascentions on semitysjachniki the former USSR. For many years was one of leaders strong

Commands of of Tolyatti. In 1992 has made an ascention to the Everest, the participant of expedition on ?2 1996, in 1997 has risen on Nanga-Parbat, in 2002 – m on CHo Ojju. The strongest technical ascention in which Andrey Volkov took part, was an ascention on CHangabang 1998. It is married, father of three children.

(The information about RMF provides by Sergey Shibaev, the member of the RMF Board)


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